Smokey Robinson: The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage

They didn’t call Smokey Robinson the Poet Laureate of Motown for nothing. Although this song was not a huge hit for Smokey and the Miracles, his songwriting talents are on full display:

There you were beautiful …
The promise of love was written on your face.
You led me on with untrue kisses,
You held me captive in your false embrace.
Quicker than I could bat an eye
Seems you were telling me goodbye.

Just a minute ago your love was here,
All of a sudden it seemed to disappear.
Sweetness was only heartache’s camouflage
The love I saw in you was just a mirage.

We use to meet in romantic places,
You gave the illusion that your love was real.
Now all that’s left are lipstick traces
From the kisses you only pretended to feel.
And now our meetings you avoid
And so my world you have destroyed.

Just a minute ago your love was here, oh, baby
All of a sudden it seemed to disappear, yeah,
The way you wrecked my life was like sabotage
The love I saw in you was just a mirage.

Oh, yeah, you only filled me with despair
By showing love that wasn’t there.
Just like the desert shows a thirsty man
A green oasis where there’s only sand
You lured me into something I should have dodged
The love I saw in you was just a mirage.

Here is Richard Gere getting dressed and singing along to the song in “American Gigolo”. (He should have stuck to dancing).